Tomek Rygalik
TOMEK RYGALIK, born in 1976 in Lodz.
Designer, lecturer, curator. He studied Architecture and Town Planning at the Politechnika Lodzka and Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute in New York (BA/Hons). After a few years of work for design companies in the US he undertook studies at the Royal College of Art in London (MA), where, after gaining a diploma, he become a research worker.Until today he received numerous international awards and many of his products were implemented. He co-operates, among others, with Moroso, NOTI, Profim, Ideal Standard, Siemens, Heineken, Ikea. He runs a design workroom at the Department of Industrial Design of the Arts Academy and Studio Rygalik in Warsaw. His designs were presented at numerous exhibitions, i.e. in Berlin, London, Milan, Munich, New York, Tokyo and Valence. Tomek implements also a number of projects for cultural institutions in Poland and abroad. For NOTI he designed Termo collection, outdoor or upholstered TULLI armchairs awarded with Red Dot Design Award 2016, Mamu chairs and acoustic furniture System - SoundRoom.
